Chapter 516: Sortie

As he was talking, Wang Yi rushed in and reported: "General, Miss Huang's messenger has arrived!" Zhang Lang and Jia Xu's hearts moved, and Zhang Lang said: "Hurry up!" Wang Yi answered, ran down, and after a while, led a dusty officer in. When he saw Zhang Lang, he immediately paid a visit, took out a letter with both hands and presented it, "General Qiqi, Miss Huang's special subordinates sent a handwritten letter." ”

Zhang Lang immediately took the letter, opened it, and read it. His face quickly became solemn. He raised his head and asked the officer: "When you came, what was the situation in Luoyang?" ”

The officer clenched his fists and said: "The main force of the naval army led by Zhang Jaw has landed on the shore. ”

"How many are there?"

"It's estimated that there are about 200,000 horses."

Jia Xu frowned and said, "What's going on?" Why is there no warning in Tiger Prison? ”

Zhang Lang asked the officer: "When you came, how was the situation in the Tiger Prison Pass?" The officer hugged his fists and said: "The subordinates are from the Tiger Prison, and it is normal there!" ”

Zhang Lang looked at Jia Xu, Jia Xu frowned and said, "Zhang Jaw must have used some method to bypass the defenders of the Tiger Prison Pass!" Zhang Lang said to the officer: "You return to Luoyang immediately, tell sΓΉ Yueying, don't care about Luoyang City, retreat quickly!" The officer answered and ran down.

Zhang Lang paced back and forth, his face full of anxiety.

Dong Ying said: "Big brother, let's retreat." ”

Zhang Lang stopped, frowned and shook his head, "The 200,000 army attacked Luoyang, which was only defended by a few thousand people, and at this moment, Luoyang is afraid that it has fallen!" Zhang Lang was extremely worried about Huang Yueying's safety, and reluctantly suppressed these thoughts temporarily. Jia Xu said: "What the lord said is right, it's too late to come back now!" And the Cao army must be waiting for us to retreat, once we retreat, they will immediately pounce, our army is unstable, without the cover of the city, it will be even more difficult to resist the enemy! What's more, after the Zhangjaw division captured Luoyang, it would inevitably come eastward, and from the time calculation, the other party could intercept our army's retreat before our army retreated into the Tiger Prison Pass! ”

Dong Ying frowned and said, "According to what you say, aren't we already in a desperate situation?!" We can't sit still, it's a big deal to fight them! ”

Jia Xu's eyes lit up, glanced at Dong Ying, and then said to Zhang Lang: "Until now, everyone is afraid that everyone will think that our army will give up Xuchang and retreat." In this case, we went the opposite way and went out of the city to attack in an all-out way! ”

Dong Ying said: "Okay! We're raiding the enemy camp tonight! ”

Jia Xu waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, it's not night." Sima Yi must have thought that our army would make a dangerous fight at night, and that it would inevitably fall into a trap if it attacked at night. Now is the time to strike! Everyone looked at Zhang Lang.

Zhang Lang said resolutely: "The matter has come to this point, just fight!" Looking at Dong Ying, "Order all the armies to leave the city immediately!" Dong Ying responded and ran down.

Knock knock knock...... The city of Xuchang suddenly sounded with the sound of rumbling war drums. The soldiers of the Cao army who were resting were all startled, and they all looked into the distance, only to see the city gate wide open, and Lu Bu's army poured out like a tide, endlessly.

Cao Pi was surprised when he saw such a scene, and hurriedly asked Sima Yi next to him: "Sir, what is Lu Bu doing here?" Sima Yi snorted coldly, "What a Lu Bu, he actually did the opposite!" Then he said to Cao Pi: "Lu Bu is going to fight with us!" I originally thought that Lu Bu would retreat immediately after getting the news of the loss of Luoyang, but I didn't expect him to attack in an all-out way to fight with us! ”

Cao Pi asked, "What now?" Sortie? ”

Sima Yi shook his head, "No! At this time, Lu Bu must also be busy with the loss of Luoyang, the morale is high, if our army attacks, even if it wins, it will be a miserable victory! Our army should temporarily avoid the edge and hold the stronghold tightly in order to consume the enemy's sharp energy! When the enemy's morale is weakened, our army will counterattack again, and the enemy army can be repelled with one drum! ”

Cao Pi felt that what Sima Yi said was extremely true, and immediately gave the order.

Cao's army did not attack, and pushed all the Semen knife carts behind the gates, the shieldmen and pikemen lined up behind the fences, the crossbowmen were in place, and the cavalry troops gathered in the open spaces of several gates, ready to storm at any time.

Lu Bu's 500,000 troops lined up in a huge battle formation, overwhelming mountains and seas, and pressed towards Cao's army camp. The total strength of LΓΌ Bu's army in Xuchang was 600,000, but Zhang Lang did not pour out, leaving 100,000 soldiers and horses as a reserve, firstly to deal with the army outside the city, and secondly, to prevent Cao's army from taking advantage of the emptiness of the city to seize the city.

Lu Bu's army approached until five or six hundred steps in front of Cao's camp before stopping.

The war drums sounded, the military and the government separated one way, Lu Bu carried the Fang Tian painting halberd and drove the red rabbit horse out of the military formation, until the horse was restrained two hundred steps in front of the Cao Military Courtyard. Zhang Lang shouted: "Listen to Cao Jun, is there anyone who is not afraid of death who dares to come out and fight me to the death?!" The huge voice echoed in the heavens and the earth, and all the soldiers of the Cao army heard it, and all the generals and soldiers turned their eyes to the group of generals near the handsome banner, hoping that a general would be able to go out of the camp to fight!

However, Zhang Lang shouted for a long time, but no one in the Cao army dared to fight. When Cao Jun saw this scene, his morale couldn't help but be greatly damaged!

Cao Pi couldn't hold back a little, and was about to scold the generals, but a general had already urged the horse. The door opened, and the man ran out with a tomahawk. Everyone hurriedly turned their eyes to the past, and found that the general who was not afraid of Lu Bu to fight was Xu Chu, a fierce general known as the tiger, who was like a tiger and a horse, and was not inferior to Lu Bu in terms of momentum.

Cao Jun's morale was greatly boosted, and he shouted, and the war drums beat loudly. Not to be outdone, Lu Bujun shouted. The shouts of the soldiers on both sides resounded in the sky, rolling, and making people's blood boil.

Xu Chu rode his horse to more than 20 steps in front of Lu Bu, reined in the horse, and pointed at Zhang Lang with the battle axe and shouted: "Lu Bu, don't think that everyone in the world is afraid of you!" I, Xu Chu, am not afraid of you in my eyes! ”

The corners of Zhang Lang's mouth twitched, "Nonsense!" Come on! As the words fell, the legs clamped the red rabbit horse, and the red rabbit horse neighed and burst out. Seeing this, Xu Chu roared, raised his battle axe and urged the horse to meet him.

Syllable!! The two horses intersected, and the two fought fiercely, and the battle axe and Fang Tian's halberd collided heavily in mid-air, and sparks splashed everywhere. The two horses staggered, each ran more than ten meters, turned the horse's head, and rushed towards each other again. This has been repeated for more than a dozen rounds, and the two sides are entangled and fighting endlessly! The tricks of the two of them are all powerful and heavy, and each move seems to have the terrible power of splitting mountains and rocks, and the heavy impact sound is loud and shocking! The soldiers on both sides couldn't help but boil their blood, and the roars were like waves of the sea!

Zhang Lang and Xu Chu fought viciously for more than 100 rounds, and Xu Chu's tricks gradually became a little messy.

Cao Pi couldn't help but be anxious. At this time, Wen Chou, the fierce general under his command, rode out with a big knife and attacked Lu Bu with a knife. Lu Bu was one against two, and a Fang Tian painting halberd danced as if a dragon and a phoenix were frightening, and he didn't fall behind at all. Cao Jun showed a look of horror up and down, and the soldiers on Lu Bujun's side were even more excited!